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A large red research vessel among icy waters and snowy mountains
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The Laurence M. Gould

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“In 2010, I became the first photographic artist to ever photograph lava from inside the surf. I waited five years for the conditions to be perfect for this type of shot. First, the lava had to cross the beach where most of the coast is a rugged cliff. T
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Ocean Views 2012 Contest Winners

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An albatross soars over the ocean.
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Is It Love? Why Some Ocean Animals (Sort Of) Mate For Life

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An artistic rendering of an ocean landscape as it may have looked during the Archean Eon.
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The Ocean Throughout Geologic Time, An Image Gallery

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Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
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Endangered Ocean Animals

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A 3D rendering of a man wearing a blue and white fish skin robe, standing on a boat in the ocean.
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3D Render of an Ainu Fisherman in a Fish Skin Robe

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Tomopteris's bristles produce yellow bioluminescence, a unusual color among midwater animals, nearly all of which make some sort of light.
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Glow Worms

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Sand dollars (like those pictured in this set of illustrations) are flattened, burrowing sea urchins. Dead, sunlight-bleached specimens resemble silver coins, hence their common name. These figures portray a sand dollar’s lifecycle from larva to adult.
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Sea Urchins

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A photo of a sea walnut, a ctenophore.
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Sea Walnut (Mnemiopsis leidyi)

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This species of bamboo coral, discovered in 2004 in the Pacific Northwest, has unusually long and impressive tentacles.
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Newly Discovered Deep-Sea Corals

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A variety of organisms make their home on this tropical coral reef in Indonesia.
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Live from the Field: Bali, Indonesia

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